NORTHERN PACIFIC MAIN LINE FREIGHT ENGINES 1944-1960

Pictured in O Scale are the General Motors GP9 engines 308/315/305 waiting at the Marshall Telegraph Station for a return eastbound. Westbound are the General Motors FAFBFBFA engines 6000A/6000B/6000C/6000D placed in service in February 1944...at over 200 feet in length. The ground literally shook when this four engine motive power rolled by. For you modelers the FAFBFBFA engines are all powered with 8 can engines in total. The power to drive them comes from a parallel set of 200
watt Lionel bricks...or 400 watts total. All engines have smoke units but they usually aren't run because the room fills with smoke. In the backgroup the GP9s are made up of two powered units #305 and #308. #315 is a dummy missing only one small gear to make it fully powered too. The region being modeled is the Idaho Division and the time frame is in the mid 1950s. I highlighted a Spokane International Hopper only to demonstrate that in this method using that name NP was able to cross the border into Canada to haul grain. In an up-coming video I will demonstrate mix match engine set for main line hauling. The joy of watching a NP freight approach was the viewer never knew what combinations of engines were going to be pulling. The think the NP motive rule was if they can pull and keep up with the other engines, add them to the lash. All engines shown were Atlas O, TMCC controlled.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• O Scale
• Northern Pacific RR
• Atlas O TMCC

[drumkid330]

Awesome dude it's gotta be expensive !

[Rodniferd]

The engineer on "The Highball" (P&L Branch) let me sit in his seat and operate ex-NP 305 (BN 1743) for about a half hour back in the late seventies. Did you paint your model yourself? (Is it an MTH?) I'd love to have one numbered 305.